Exile Amongst the Ruins

Exile Amongst the Ruins
Studio album by Primordial
Released	March 30, 2018 [1]
Recorded	September – November 2017 [2] [3]
Studio	Camelot Studios (Dublin, Ireland) [4]
Genre	Black metal, folk metal
Length	65:33
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Ola Ersfjord
Primordial chronology
Where Greater Men Have Fallen (2014) Exile Amongst the Ruins (2018) How It Ends (2023)

Exile Amongst the Ruins is the ninth studio album by Irish extreme metal band Primordial. The album was released on March 30, 2018 through Metal Blade Records. It is the last album with Michael O'Floinn as the group's second guitarist.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by A.A. Nemtheanga.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Nail Their Tongues"	Ciáran MacUiliam	9:00
2.	"To Hell or the Hangman"	MacUiliam	7:16
3.	"Where Lie the Gods"	Micheál O'Floinn	9:11
4.	"Exile Amongst the Ruins"	MacUiliam	7:59
5.	"Upon Our Spiritual Deathbed"	O'Floinn	8:28
6.	"Stolen Years"	MacUiliam	5:15
7.	"Sunken Lungs"	MacUiliam	7:52
8.	"Last Call"	MacUiliam	10:32
Total length:			65:33

Personnel

Primordial

• A.A. Nemtheanga – Vocals, lyrics
• Ciáran MacUiliam – Guitars
• Michael O'Floinn – Guitars
• Pól MacAmlaigh – Bass
• Simon O'Laoghaire – Drums

Production and art

• Ola Ersfjord – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Costin Chioreanu – Artwork, Layout
• Chris Common – Mastering
• Mihai Anghel – Photography
• Gareth Averill – Photography

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6]	197
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [7]	35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8]	9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9]	27

References

1. "Primordial - Exile Amongst the Ruins on the band's official website" . Retrieved 8 June 2019.
2. "Primordial on Facebook" . Retrieved 8 June 2019.
3. "Primordial on Facebook" . Retrieved 8 June 2019.
4. "PRIMORDIAL To Release 'Exile Amongst The Ruins' In March". Blabbermouth.net. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
6. "Ultratop.be – Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
7. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2018. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Primordial – Exile Amongst the Ruins" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2021.